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Mother, Nurse and Infant: A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.Sackett, S. P.

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Mother, Nurse and Infant: A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.

Name: Mother, Nurse and Infant: A Manual Especially Adapted for the Guidance of Mothers and Monthly Nurses, Comprising Full Instruction in Regard To Pregnancy, Preparation for Child-birth, and the Care of Mother and Child, and Designed to Impart so Much Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Midwifery, and the Proper Use of Medicines as Will Serve Intelligently to Direct the Wife, Mother and Nurse in All Emergencies.
Author: Sackett, S. P.

Sackett, S. P.

Infants -- Care; Materia medica; Obstetrics -- Popular works; Women -- Health and hygiene

LOTIONS, LINIMENTS, COLLYRIA, OINTMENTS, SALVES, &C.


                       185. FOR SCIRRHOUS TUMORS.

       ℞ Ext. eucalyptus                           2 drachms.
         Vaseline                                  1 ounce.
         Acid salacylic                            4 drachms. Ft.
                                                     Unguent.

  Apply to tumor and wear it constantly. Use also for indolent
  ulcerations where stimulation and purification is needed.


       186. TO REMOVE CLOASMA, (BROWNISH DISCOLORATIONS OF SKIN.)

       ℞ Hydrarg. bichlor.                         8 gr.
         Boracis pulv.                             2 drs.
         Acidi acetic                              2 oz.
         Alcohol                                   2 oz.
         Aqua                                      4 oz. M.

  If it roughens the skin too much omit its use and apply sweet cream.
  Sig. Apply locally to the spots. Poison.


                       187. SALVE FOR BURNS, &C.

       ℞ Yellow wax melted and strained            f. ℥ j.
         Linseed oil raw                           f. ʒ iij.
         Tannin                                    ʒ j.
         Sub nitrate of bismuth                    ℈ j. Mix as follows:

  Heat the wax in a clean tin vessel, add the oil and stir till they
  are thoroughly incorporated; then set off the fire and continue to
  stir until cold, adding first the tannin and then the bismuth.


                        188. TO CURE SORE EYES.

       ℞ Sulph. zinc,
         Rock salt                                 aa. ʒ j.
         White sugar                               ʒ ij.
         Soft water                                ℥ xij. Mix and use as
                                                     an eye water.


            189. LINIMENT USED IN CEREBRO SPINAL MENINGETIS.

       ℞ Oil sassafras                             ℥ ss.
         Chloroform                                ℥ ss.
         Aqua ammonia                              ℥ ss.
         Oil cloves                                ʒ ij.
         Tinct. camphor                            ℥ ss.
         Alcohol, strong                           ℥ jv. M.

  S. Apply the whole length of the spine.


                        190. FOR WHOOPING COUGH.

       ℞ Rectified oil amber,
         Tinct. opium,
         Hartshorn,
         Olive oil                                 aa. ℥ ss. M.

  S. Rub well the whole length of the spine two or three times a day,
  until there is tenderness of the skin.


                 191. AMMONIACAL GAS FOR DYSMENORRHŒA.

       ℞ Spirits of ammonia                        ℥ j.

  Put a teaspoonful of this in a chamber and have the patient sit for
  one or two minutes over it. In cases of severe tenesmus, or
  strangury, or dysmenorrhœa, relief may be obtained in about two
  minutes if the first pungent effects of the gas can be borne.


                          192. ANODYNE LOTION.

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